Match-machine.



No. 771,310. PATENTED OCT. 4, 1904.

W. F. HUTCHINSON.

MATCH MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 2a, 1903.

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No 771,310. PATENTED OCT. 4, 1904. W. F. HUTGHINSON.

MATCH MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 23, 1903.

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Patented October 4, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM F. HUTCHINSON, OF NYAOK, NEIV YORK.

MATCH-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 771,310, dated October4, 1904.

Application filed December 23, 1903.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. HUTCHIN- soN, of Nyack, in the county ofRockland and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved.l\Iatch-h/lachine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of match-machineswhich takes a roll or strip of veneer, cuts the splints therefrom, anddelivers the splints to a carrier or frame preparatory to dipping.

The object of my invention is, primarily, to make a simple machine ofthis class which will work faster and to better advantage than themachines generally employed for the purpose.

More specifically my object is to get rid of .many of the motionsgenerally used, and consequently to avoid complication, and particularlyto produce a guide-belt having a series of notches to'receive the stock,the belt and stock being arranged to have virtually a continuous feed,and to have the belt carry the stock against a stationary knife, so thatthe stock shall be rapidly cutoff into splints. By having the knifestationary and the belt moving, as hereinafter described, I avoid thecomplication resulting in the attempt to use a reciprocating or rotaryknife, andI have found by experiment that I attain better results.

Another object of my invention is to construct and arrange the parts sothat perfect splints shall be cut, to provide means for holding thesplints in the guide-belt until they are ejected into the dipping frameor carrier, to provide a simple-and positive means of ejecting thesplints and advancing the carrier, and in general to produce a simpleand efficient match-machine especially adapted to work on veneer-stock.

With these ends in view my invention consists of certain features ofconstruction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification,

in which similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the views.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of the machine embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a sectional sides of the machine.

Serial No. 186,281. (No model.)

plan on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a central vertical section ofthe machine. Fig. 41 is a detail perspective view showing one construction of the stock-guide belt and its relation to the cutting-offknife, and Fig. 5 is a detail perspective View of another form of theguide-belt.

The machine can be provided with any suitable framework 10, and I haveshown this supportingza transverse main shaft 11, having tight and loosepulleys thereon, as at 12, though any means of driving can be employed.The driving-shaft 11 connects, by means of gears 13 and 1 1, with acounter-shaft 15, which is parallel with the shaft 11, and the gearsjust mentioned are mutilated at a certain point, as shown in Fig. 3, sothat there will be a momentary slip, during which the counter-shaft willnot turn, which slip is timed so as to be coincident with the descent ofthe plungers i5, which push the match-splints into their carrying-frame,all as hereinafter specifically described. I

The counter-shaft 15 connects, by the mitergears 16 and 17, with a shortshaft 18 at one side of the machine, and this in turn through the gears18, 19, and 20 drives one of the vertical shafts 22, which are arrangedin suitable sup iiorting-brackets 23 and 23 on opposite The shafts 22carry at their upper ends the pulleys 24, which in turn carry thecontinuous guide-belt 25, which may be made in any suitable way toprovide a series of splint-receiving recesses, as will presently appear.

As shown in Figs. 1, 2, and '5, the belt is a continuous metallic belt,some suitable material, such as phosphor-bronze being used, and it hasholes 27 at regular intervals to en gage the sprocket-pins 26 on thepulleys 24..

Arranged transversely of the belt and in a manner to extend verticallyare the parallel ribs 28, which are secured to the belt by screws 28 orequivalent fastening-sand which on their back sides are beveled, asshown, so that the match-stock can be easily fed in between them.Instead, however, of using the continuous belt a series of fiat links 29(see Fig. 1) can be linked together, these having the ribs 28 producedintegrally thereon or fastened thereto, as already described, and thelinks have suitable knuckles 30, which are adapted to be hingedtogether, these being recessed, as shown at 30, to make asmooth joint.No novelty is claimed for the link belt, but only for the particulararrangement of the notches and ribs thereon.

The recesses between the ribs 28 are adapted to receive the front edgeof a strip 31 of match material, which material is generally woodveneer, the width and thickness of which corresponds to the length andthickness of the match-splints to be produced. As the stock is severedit makes the ordinary match-splints 31. (See Fig. 4.)

As the stock 31 enters the notches of the guide-belt it is carried bythe aforesaid ribs '28 against the edge of the stationary knife 32, (seeFigs.2 and 4,) which knife lies flush against the face of the belt, sothat the splints as they are severed pass behind the knife. The knifecan be held in any suitable manner, and I have shown it fastened to aknife-block 33, which is rigid on a part of the machine-frame, the knifebeing held in the ordinary manner by bolts 34 or equivalent fastenings.To help make perfect splints and hold the stock rigid during the cuttingprocess, flat springs 35 are arranged to press against one side of thestock 31 as it is advanced, these springs being held, as shown, to theknife-block 33 by studs 36, and the drawings show that the springs areadjustable in relation to the stock. Any suitable means can be providedfor holding them.

.The stock 31 is fed edgewise over a supporting-table 37 and the stockusually is fed from a coil of veneer which can be mounted on the spindle38, as shown in Fig. 2. The stock is advanced in the ordinary mannerbetween feed rolls 39, which are preferably knurled, and they may bedriven in any usual way. Ihave shown one roll 39, secured to a verticalshaft 40, which connects by gears 41 and 42 with the shaft 18, alreadyreferred to. The matter of driving any part of the machine is, however,immaterial, and I have simply shown operative means, the essential thingbeing the arrangement of the guidebelt, the knife, and the ejectors,together with their cooperating functions, as described.

To prevent the splints 31 from dropping from the guide-belt, astop-plate 43 is used to extend between the lower edge of the belt 25 atthe part of the belt which extends over the dipping-frames 46, as shownclearly in Fig. 3, and the upper portions of the splints are held inplace by a cross-piece 44, which extends from one side of themachine-frame to the other. The splints are pushed from the belt by theplungers 45, which enter the re cesses between the ribs 28 of the beltand which are actuated as presently described. When the plungersdescend, the stop-plate 43 is pulled back and the plungers push thesplints 31 down into a holding-frame or carrier 46, which can be of anypreferred type and which, as shown, travels on a guide-track 47 but thecarrier and its driving means and guiding means form no part of thisinvention.

The plungers 45 can be actuated in any convenient manner, and I haveshown a simple means of doing it. As illustrated, they are carried by across-head 48, which slides in vertical ways 49, and the plungers areheld to the cross-head by the bolts 50, which clamp the plungers betweenthe cross-head and a clamping-plate 51, (see Fig. 3,) while a similarplate 52 on the back of the cross-head has depending cars 52, to whichthe dippingframe and other actuating mechanism'connects, as presentlydescribed. At the ends the cross-head 48 is pivoted, as shown at 53, tothe connecting-rods 54, which impart vertical motion to the cross-head,these having at their lower ends rollers 55, which enter cam-grooves 56in the cams 57, these latter being fixed to the driving-shaft 11. Thecams are arranged so as to bring down the crosshead 48 and plungers 45at the same time the counter-shaft 15, and consequently the belt 25,stop by reason of the mutilated gears 13 and 14.

The ears 52, above referred to, connect, as shown, at 58 with the arms59, which have journals 6'0 pivoted on opposite sides of the machine,and the journals 60, which serve as rock-shafts,have also projectingarms 61 and 62, the former having a sliding connection with thestop-plate 43 and the latter a similar connection with the pawls 63,which engage the ratchets 63 on the dipping-frame 46. A detent 64engages the ratchet and prevents any backlash of the frame. The descentof the cross-head 48 causes the arms 59 to be depressed; but the arms donot begin to move until the plungers 45 engage the splints 31 by reasonof the loose connection between the parts 52 and 59. The continuousmovement of the arms 59 pulls back the arms 61 and 62, thus removing thestop-plate 43, so that the splints can go into the dipping frame orcarrier, while the pawl 63 is by the same movement brought back adistance of one tooth on the ratchet 63. The upstroke of the cross-head48 reverses the above movements, and the advance of the arms 61 and 62replaces the stop-plate 43 and advances the carrier or dipping frame 46.

I have described this mechanism with a good deal of detail, but the partrelating to the movements of the cross-head and dippingframe is mostlyfor clearness, as my invention consists chiefly in the cutting andejecting means. By reference to Fig. 2 it will be seen how simple amatter it is to feed the stock into the recesses of the guide-belt 25and that by using a belt it is a simple matter to keep the belt andknife parallel, so that the splints shall be nicely cut and held untilplaced in the dipping-frame.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1. A match-machine comprising a station- I aryknife, a belt moving parallel with the knife and provided withtransverse stock receiving recesses, means for feeding the stock endwiseinto the recesses of the belt, and means for ejecting the severedsplints endwise from the recesses of the belt.

2. A match-machine comprising a stationary knife, a belt moving parallelWith the knife and provided with transverse stock-receiving recesses,means for feeding the stock endwise into the recesses of the belt,splintholding means at one edge of the belt, and means for ejecting thesplints endwise from the belt into the said splint-holding means.

3. A match-machine comprising a guidebelt having transverse recessesextending across its face, said recesses being adapted to receivematchstock, a knife held flatwise against the carrying-belt to cut offthe stock in the recesses, splint-holding means moving at one edge ofthe belt, and'means for carrying the splints endwise from the recessesof the belt into the splint-holding means.

4. A match-machine, comprising a traveling guide-belt having transverserecesses to receive the match-stock, astationary knife held opposite thebelt, and plungers arranged transversely of the belt and adapted to pushand eject the matches from the recesses'therein.

5. A match-machine, comprising a moving belt having transverse recessestherein, a stationary knife held opposite the belt, ejectors arranged topush splints from the belt, and a movable stop-plate arranged at oneedge of the belt to hold the splints in the recesses until they areengaged by the plungers.

6. A match-machine, comprising a guidebelt having stock-receivingrecesses, said recesses extending from edge to edge of the belt, meansfor cutting off the stock in the aforesaid recesses, a stop-plate at oneedge of the belt, plungers held at the opposite edge of the belt so asto move through the said recesses, and means for Withdrawing thestopplate as the plungers advance.

7. A match-machine, comprising a traveling belt having transversestock-receiving recesses extending from edge to edge thereof, astationary knife held opposite the belt, suitable guides to retain thesevered splints in through the belt-recesses, and means for Witl1'drawing the stop-plate as the ejectors advance.

WILLIAM F. HUTCHINSON. Witnesses:

W. B. HUTOHINSON, J. G. DUNBAR.

